Photo Credit: Boomtown
The Scene
'Boomtown rose up from the underground to become one of the UK’s wildest and most inspiring independent festivals. A sprawling metropolis and home to every species of creative miscreant, its thousands of citizens embark a journey of discovery, dancing through its labyrinthine streets and plazas on a non stop weekend joyride to a soundtrack of ska, folk, gypsy, reggae, world, punk, pirate, disco, electro-swing, jazz, blue-grass, breaks, bass, jungle, techno and all in a spirit of unity and freedom!'
Festival Poster
2012 Artist Lineup
- 2 Bit thugs
- 25 Past The Skank
- Alborosie
- Anti-Vigilante
- Aries
- Arsequake
- Asian Dub Foundation
- Audio
- Axewound
- B Key
- Babyhead
- Badman Moriarty
- Bahia
- Balkan Bandits
- Balkan Hotsteppers
- Balkans Hi Fi
- Batmobile
- BBB (Balkan Beat Box)
- Beans on Toast
- Beat The Red Light
- Beer Beer Orchestra
- Benny Page b2b Marcus Visionary
- Biere de Luxe
- Big Red Ass Band
- Bison
- Black Star Dub Collective
- Blak Twang
- Block Dodger
- Bootscraper
- Bored of Justice
- Breadchasers
- Breakage
- BudZillus
- Buffo’s Wake
- Bush Chemists
- Capdown
- Captain Accident
- Caravan Palace
- Carny Villains
- Cartoon Violence
- Caspa
- Celtic Rasta
- Channel One
- Cheeba
- Chopstick showcase feat Jacky Murda, Aries, Tuffist, Demolition man
- Chris Inperspective
- Chris Liberator
- Chris Liberator b2b D.A.V.E. The Drummer
- Coda (Live)
- Cordelia Fellowes & co
- Curtis Lynch Jnr – necessary mayhem showcase
- Curtis Lynch Jr, feat Mr williamz
- Dave The Drummer
- David Boomah
- David Rodigan
- Deadly Hunta
- Deathmachine
- Deekline
- Demolition Man
- Dinamo
- Dirty Dike & Jam Baxter
- Dirty Dubsters
- Dirtyphonics
- Disablists
- DJ E
- DJ Hype
- DJ K
- DJ parker
- DJ Shepdog
- Don’t Flop (MC Battle)
- Doomham
- DR…UM
- Drumcorps
- Dub From Atlantis Band
- Dub Mafia
- Dub Phizix
- Dub Pistols
- Dubheart
- Dubphizix
- Dunkelbunt & the Secret Swing Society
- Ed Cox
- Electric Swing Circus
- Empress of Fur
- Engine Earz
- Epileptic Hillbillys
- Far Too Loud (live)
- First Degree Burns
- Foamo & RackNRuin present Gorgon City
- Freestylers (dj set)
- Friendly Fire Band & MC YT
- Gadjo
- Gappy Ranks
- Gecko
- General Levy and Krinjah
- Gentle Mystics
- Ghos
- Ghost
- Go Go Cult
- Gold
- Gorgeous George
- Graveyard Johnnys
- Gypsy Hill
- Hallouminati
- Heist
- High Rankin (live)
- Hillbilly Moon Explosion
- Icky Sticky
- iLLBiLLY HiTEC
- J Man
- J Zooma
- Jack Rabbit Slim
- Jackbeats
- Jacky Murda
- Jah Shaka
- Jah Shaka
- Jaya The Cat
- JB Conspiracy
- Jessi G
- Jessie
- Jim Bitch & MC Ishu
- Jimmy The Squirrel
- Joe Driscoll
- Johnny Kowalski & The Sexy Weirdos
- Johnny Sideways
- Junglefever
- Kanji Kinetic
- Katch Pyro
- Keltrix
- Keltrix
- Kelvin 373
- Kick ’em Jenny
- Kimberley
- King Porter Stomp
- Kitech
- Kitten and the Hip
- Krafty Kuts & MC Dynamite
- Krinjah
- Krumble
- Lady Chann
- Laid Blak
- Lazy Habits
- LDC
- Lenkemz
- Leshurr
- Lion Fire
- Los Albertos
- Luke Vibert
- Macka B and the Roots Ragga Band
- Mad Dog Mcrea
- Mad Sin
- Magnus Puto
- Marcus Visionary
- MC Mikey Don
- MC Xander
- MDS
- Melosa
- Molotov Jukebox
- Moonshine Stalkers
- Movits
- Mr Benn
- Mr Williamz
- Mungo’s Hifi feat Mr Williamz, SoomT, Kenny Knots
- Natty
- New Groove Formation
- New Town Kings
- NYX
- Onlyjoe
- Parasite
- Parker
- Parliamentalist
- Peo de Pitte
- Plump DJ’s
- Poor Old Dogs
- Popes of Chillitown
- Producer
- Pronghorn
- Punk Floyd
- Pussycat & the Dirty Johnson
- Pyramid
- RackNRuin b2b Foamo
- Raggamuffin
- Random Hand
- Rat Pack
- Reel Big Fish
- Reggae Roast
- Resinate
- Robyn Chaos
- Rodney P
- Rodney P and Skitz ft buggsy
- Roska
- Rowland the Bastard
- Royal Gala
- Rubi Dan
- Run Tingz & Blackout JA
- Sams Myth
- Sargy
- Scamp
- Screaming Sugar Skulls
- Seas of Mirth
- Secret Headliner
- Serial Killaz
- Serrocee
- Serum
- Shaman Festival
- Sheelanagig
- Shoot the Moon
- Shy Fx
- Sicknote
- Skalliwaggles
- Sketch
- Skitz
- SL2 (live)
- Slamboree (live)
- Slipmatt
- Smack Joint
- Smerin’s Anti-social Club
- Smokey Bastard
- Smyla
- Solo Banton
- Sonic Boom Six
- SoomT
- South Rakkas Crew
- Squire of Gothos
- Stanton Warriors
- Stivs
- Strobe Circus
- Stush
- Stylo G
- Sub Slayers Takeover
- Swing Zazou
- Tanya Stephens
- Tech Diff
- The Apocryphalites
- The Barley Mob
- The Beat
- The Binewski Murder
- The Communicators
- The Heatwave
- The Nextmen and MC Wrec
- The Panacea
- Tiny Taste
- Tomb Crew
- Trojan Soundsystem
- Tuffist
- Wan Bushi
- Wild Knights
- Wombcorps
- Wonka-Vision
- Woz
- YT